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ASEAN Business

Ringgit’s winning streak masks Asia’s currency weakness

Singapore's efforts to build an AI hub could help it unlock the AI ambitions for the region.
Companies & Markets

South-east Asia’s digital economy revenue set to hit US$135 billion in 2025: report

The rupiah has hovered around 16,600 against the US dollar and weakened by more than 3 percent year-to-date, making it one of Asia’s weakest currencies.
ASEAN Business

Weak rupiah, capital outflows could complicate Indonesia’s redenomination plan: analysts

View of the logo of COP30 UN Climate Change Conference, in Belem, Para state, Brazil, taken on November 6, 2025. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
ESG

COP30: Adopting an outcome on climate adaptation is a start for financing to flow towards Asean

From self-made billionaires to scions of wealthy families, the movers and shakers of South-east Asia’s industries spearhead vast and varied business empires.
Global Enterprise

From coal to cemeteries: the top 10 billionaires in South-east Asia and the business empires they helm

Linda Anggrea is the Jakarta-based founder and chief executive of Buttonscarves and Modinity Group, a conglomerate of eight other modest brands.
ASEAN Business
THE LEADERSHIP PLAYBOOK

‘Patience is the real strategy’: How Indonesia’s ‘LV of scarves’ expands to Singapore and beyond

FILE PHOTO: People take part in a protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza on the second anniversary of the war that began after Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/File Photo
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

Indonesia’s support for the Gaza ceasefire: A strategic and moral imperative

The pacts give Trump some clear wins, like the removal of many tariff and non-tariff barriers on US exports into those countries and pledges to spend billions of US dollars on American goods.
Global Enterprise

Trump’s newest trade deals give US an edge over South-east Asia

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said the East Asia Summit was formed to strengthen global norms and universally recognised values, and promote peace, stability and economic prosperity in East Asia.
ASEAN Business

East Asia Summit must move beyond ‘talk shop’ to deliver real outcomes: PM Wong

(Left to right) Melvin Ng from Airalo, Norman Matthieu Vanhacke from Cradle Fund, Aditya Aima from AnyMind Group, and Abdulla Alhmehsin from Abu Dhabi’s Early Childhood Authority speaking with The Business Times editor Chen Huifen in Jakarta on Thursday Oct 20. Photo: Artmospoto
ASEAN Business

The Middle East has capital and needs solutions – that’s a chance for S-E Asia startups

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